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Gourmet Xmas Food Hunt

£ 35 per person

Food Included

Taste festive York. An indulgent winter wonderland trail of puzzles around the city's top cafes, delis, and bakeries, with plenty of Festive Gourmet goodies along the way. Expect Yuletide pastries, mince pies, festive spiced drinks, speciality meats and cheeses, and more, all from independent, local businesses specially curated to showcase the city's legendary seasonal treats.

At the same time, enjoy an escape-room style game with your team, cracking clues that weave in and out of the snow-kissed (no promises!) fairytale streets. An idyllic Christmas adventure full of puzzles and plenty of delicious surprises.

You'll visit 3 magical York establishments where each player will be treated to the following festive goodies - all included in the price;

Traditional Christmas baked good
Yuletide sweet treat and hot drink
Deluxe Festive Deli and Charcuterie selections

You'll be full of more than just festive joy by the end, we promise!

Our gourmet Christmas hunt is the perfect yuletide activity for families, friends, colleagues, and anyone who enjoys seasonal delights. Catering to both vegetarians and meat aficionados (note: we're unable to cater to vegans at this time), this experience melds fun, festive flavours, and the rich history of York. Prepare to have your mind, heart and palate entranced by this festive feast for the senses.

Suitable for children accompanying adults - you'll be surprised, the kids might help you around!

How It Works

Your team will receive clues on your phones that, once deciphered, will guide you to interesting and scenic parts of the city. At these you will solve riddles, explore the story and make decisions that will impact the rest of the game.

The route is walking distance and features optional breaks at great pubs and cafes along the way. The clues require no prior knowledge and come with hints to make the experience something everyone can enjoy.

Get booked in as we have limited availability on this route over the Winter period.

Talk to us about team building options

Plan your day

09:00 to 13.45 Wed-Sat Advance booking required

1.5 to 2.5 hours across 3.7 km / 2.3 miles

Start Location

Exhibition Square

End Location

Dean's Park

Communication Methods

Rated 4.9/5 on Google

Rated 4.7/5 on TripAdvisor

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Reviews

The great things you say about CityDays

Kiscons

Whole thing was amazing - we thoroughly enjoyed it - some clues were tough but we managed to crack them - definitely lo…

Team Starlight.

We had a great time following the clues and exploring London! Thanks very much, we’d thoroughly recommend it 👍

estrogen hunters

honestly we had a blast and this has quickly become my favourite outing in sydney im so fr, my friend and i are obsesse…

The Kayakers

Great trail, lots of fun, and learned something too!

THE GAYS

It was great! Helped us appreciate our city with all the nooks and crannies and alleyways. We really enjoyed the walk f…

Half 10

Fantastic day learning more about our home city and the rain actually made it more enjoyable with plenty of laughs

Detectives PeekAtChu

Fun day out exploring g the city!

ZweiMausensundOtto

Nice, it was so much fun. We would absolutely do it again.

AussieDane

We loved the day, but we flagged a bit as it got hotter and the day wore on (we did do a bit of shopping in there, so …

Birthday Puzzlers

Well considered clues that weren't too difficult but still challenging - with smatterings of humour.Introduced to new i…

Misfits

OMG! What a brilliant day. We saw parts of London we hadn't seen and learnt information about Jack the Ripper we didn't…

Team PR

We live close to London so are regular visitors. With our children we wanted something different as we had done most th…

Nat&Shell

We’ve completed the 2 Melbourne trails this week! New addiction and cannot wait for the next releases around Melbourne

hot toddies

The scavenger hunt was quite fun, encouraging us to take note of buildings and monuments with new eyes and learn fun fa…

Massive Hunt

Great way to explore Oxford without following a conventional walking tour. Made it more engaging for us and a great way…

MATTHEWS

We had a fantastic few hours being guided around Harrogate. There were a couple of tricky clues and remarkably satisfyi…

The new year 8

We had the best time. Got to see some beautiful places around Kensington we’d never have seen if we hadn’t booked this …

The Howards

Great trail . Explored loads of the city we have never seen before. Took us 3 or 4 hours with the breaks and we all enj…

Keam Team

Brilliant fun!! As a Londoner, I thought I knew most things but I certainly learnt a lot more!!

M&M

Great, adventure of the City.

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FAQs

: Click 'Book Now' and enter your details and select the number of tickets to match the number of participants.

Once paid you'll receive an email with login credentials to your setup dashboard.

On the dashboard find your booking, optionally split into teams, enter a team name and phone numbers.

Receive the welcome message on your phone, you're all good to go!
: The duration of each of our trails is different, you can see specific information on the "plan your day" section of the specific trail. In general our routes aim to last around 2.5 hours on average.
: Of course! After purchasing you can login to your dashboard, where you can enter your number of teams followed by each team's name and member details. Set up within a couple of minutes.
: Once booked, and you've logged into the dashboard, you'll be able to choose how many teams you'd like for your booking - once submitted you'll then be able to fill in team names and member details straight away.

We recommend a team size around 5, with a minimum of 2 people and around 8 as a maximum.
: You can take extra breaks or come back to your route at anytime. Just continue from where you left off at your own convenience. We can't stop your team clock from ticking, but not everything's a race!
: Some of our trails have specific time slots that you should start within, this is usually due to closing public areas that you'll be travelling through. Some adventures can be played at any time so you can start whenever you're ready.

The latest start time assumes that you'll take no longer than the maximum duration, most teams will complete the trail within this time, if you'd like to go slower then start a bit earlier!
: Yes absolutely, add a phone for every member when setting up the team on the dashboard, or by forwarding them the extra-member join message you received at the start.
: WhatsApp & Telegram apps can be used to receive clues on all our trails
: All international phone numbers work with our system, using WhatsApp or Telegram will only use data so make sure you can roam whilst away.
: START: Commence the trail when you're at the start location.

HINT: You're at the correct location but don't know how to find the answer.
(1 Penalty Free)

LOST: Got lost on the route? We'll send a detailed path to get you back on route.
(1 Penalty Free)

SKIP: When you're on a set break but ready to move on.
: There are time penalties for; incorrect answers, hints and losts. You receive 1 penalty-free of each, but after that you'll have 10 minutes added onto your team time for each use.
: Simply; If you don't have a great time on our trail, let us know why and we'll give you your money back in full. Easy!
: All the trails can be completed with out any prior knowledge without an issue, a perfect way to explore a new city!
: We accept Google Pay, Apple Pay, Paypal, VISA, MasterCard and American Express. All processed securely by our payments provider Stripe.
: After purchase you'll receive login credentials to enter your dashboard. There you can enter a team name and phone numbers, upon submission you'll receive a message to confirm the booking with us.

WhatsApp Setup Guide

Telegram Setup Guide
: Whatsapp & Telegram integrations will use data, again if your contract has a set amount of data you should not be charged. If you have any questions or issues then please get in contact with us.
: We turn your city into a playground of clues! When you begin you'll receive the first clue. Solve the obscured directions to discover your path and lead you to answer the question. Use your surroundings to help guide you and find the answer to the clue. Once you've found it reply back to us to receive the next.

Along the way we'll take you to fantastic secret areas and breaks at brilliant pubs/cafes.

Check out our How it works page to see more.
: Perfect for couples, groups of friends, families, small businesses or large corporate team building days.

Our activities are perfect to get a bit of friendly competition going, simply let us know how you'd like your booking split into teams and we can get you setup with a live leaderboard too!
: For multiple teams you can start all at once or stagger start times by a couple of minutes - groups organically spread out and overtake throughout the activity. The fastest team may not be the winning group as there are time penalties for wrong answers, a fine balance!
: Absolutely, when you're booking you can select to choose your date later. If you've already chosen a date and would like to change this, just reach out to the team and we can process this for you, completely free of charge.
: Maybe. Depending on how busy the route is you might be on the tail of another group, overtaking or getting overtaken. It's a great way to meet other like minded adventurers on the way, don't forget to say hi to each other and get a bit competitive!
: Absolutely, each team's timer will start when they send 'start' and each team will receive their overall time (with penalties!) at the end for comparison.

If you'd like us to set you up a private live leaderboard for your teams, just ask!
: On your adventure you'll reach 'rest stops' where we'll recommend some great local businesses - feel free to enjoy a recommendation, find somewhere else or skip entirely - there is absolutely no pressure to enter or use any of the businesses mentioned.

The game timer will stop during the rest zone so feel free to relax!
: Either dress for the weather and take it in your stride! (Top tip, bring an umbrella!)

or simply let us know and we can re-schedule for you last minute.

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